Harold Varmus

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
Nobel Laureate
gptkbp:advocatesFor Ethical standards in research
Increased funding for cancer research
Public awareness of cancer issues
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:National_Institutes_of_Health
gptkb:Weill_Cornell_Medical_College
gptkbp:awardedBy Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Edinburgh
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Chicago
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_California,_San_Francisco
M.D._from_Columbia_University
gptkbp:awards 1989
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-12-18
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contributedTo Public health policy
Development of cancer therapies
Understanding of cancer biology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Cancer research
Genetics
Molecular biology
gptkbp:hasAwards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Medical education
Public health initiatives
Cancer research community
gptkbp:hasWritten Cancer treatment
Cancer prevention
Health policy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harold Varmus
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:David_Baltimore
gptkb:James_Watson
gptkb:George_Beadle
gptkbp:knownFor Research on cancer viruses
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Institute_of_Medicine
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:publishes Virus and Cancer
The_Biology_of_Cancer
The_Science_of_Cancer
gptkbp:receives gptkb:J._Michael_Bishop
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
gptkbp:researchFocus Retroviruses
Oncogenes
Tumor suppressor genes
gptkbp:servedIn Director_of_the_National_Cancer_Institute
President_of_the_Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Constance_Varmus